Before You Sign a Business Lease

.Are you paying for usable square feet or rentable square feet?
.Did you measure yourself to be sure it's correct, 20% of the time there's an error?
.Did you negotiate any owner paid utilities?
.Do you get to see the figures that determine any double or triple net expenses?
.Do you have access 24/7 or only limited hours?
.Is there a maintenance person on site or on fast call?
.Did you negotiate a month or two free rent in the beginning?
.Can you sublet if you need to move before the end of the lease?
.Will you have any recourse if you have noisy neighbors?
.Did you talk to the neighbors about their relationship with the landlord?
.Is there adequate dumpsters for use by all the tenants?
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